4. Woody Harrelson
American actor Woody Harrelson’s father, Charles, leads a colorful life that reads likes a movie script. Charles, a down on his luck encyclopedia salesman with a gambling problem, morphed into a freelance hitman with increasingly prominent victims. Charles’s first “job” was Alan Harry Berg. Berg was a carpet salesman for his family’s business and was the unfortunate rival of another low-end carpet business’s salesman. The competitor hired novice hitman, Charles for $2,500 and, shortly after, Berg went missing. Charles was tried and acquitted for the killing. SEE ALSO: 15 female celebrities who love going nude – #1 is a must see! (With Pictures)
That same year Charles was tried for the murder-for-hire killing of Sam Degelia, Jr, a Texas grain dealer who was killed for a life insurance payout. The jury was deadlocked, and Charles once again got away with murder; however, only until 1973, when he was retried and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Often described as charming, Charles only served 5 years before being released for good behavior. He was far from reformed and arrested in 1979 for the killing of Federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. Wood was shot in the back the same day he was going to sentence drug trafficker Jamiel Chagra. The connection was not initially made, but Chagra had hired Harrelson to take out Wood. Wood had a reputation for handing down long prison sentences for drug offenses—he was nicknamed “Maximum John”. Thanks to a recorded conversation about the killing between Jamiel and his brother, the FBI had enough evidence to put Charles behind bars for two life sentences. Charles died in prison in 2007.
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